Hey guys, post your tests and conclusions about maya 2012s viewport 2. It allows user to change parameters during the simulation with instant feedback within the gpu accelerated maya viewport 2. Extension attributes introduced in maya 2012 allows static. In this lecture, eric keller explores the new features and functionality of maya 2015s viewport 2. Game development stack exchange is a question and answer site. I have a laptop with an 960m, and the intel gpu causes me a lot of issues with viewport 2. Thanked 0 times in 0 posts invisible objects in viewport. Using a skybox has become an issue, and characters mechanical and organic are displaying a low lit golden wireframe around them in the viewport. How to change a maya scene files selected viewport renderer. Book rigger v3 for 3dsmax animation scripts plugins. Maya 2012 introduced a new set of api classes for defining custom drawing, shading and effects in both viewport 2. I would imagine autodesk is working to make viewport 2. Most onion skin tools are a bit heavy to use in maya. Maya online courses, classes, training, tutorials on lynda.
First appeared in maya 2011, in maya 2012 viewport 2. Now it supports fullscreen effects, such as antialiasing. Unrivaled in its ability to capture the subtlety and complexity of fluid gas behavior it is favored among visual effects artists, game developers, visualization professionals and everyone else who demand the utmost in. Explore how to use the new features in maya 2017 extension 3, including the new uv editor interface, the symmetrize uv tool, and viewport 2. Reviews 34 support forum 2 bugs 1 feature requests 4 version history mit license license. Day before yesterday it started crashing on load with a random. This is a simple test with the new maya 2012 and viewport 2. Ross for an indepth discussion in this video matting objects with viewport 2. In my persp viewport, while trying to do rotate panning zooming, it is severely lagging where the fps fluctuates between 0. Game development stack exchange is a question and answer site for professional and independent game developers. See new motion graphics, time editor, bifrost, and xgen features. With book rigger it is extremely easy to make complex and accurate page and book animations inside 3ds max.
Fumefx for maya ultimate explosions, fire, smoke fluid. Srp when purchasing 1 year term 3ds max or maya subscription. This is why christoph lendenfeld decided to make a new tool that was a viewport extension that mimicked the features of a 2d onion skin tool. I just installed the trial version of maya 2012 on a new machine, and im playing around with the new viewport 2. I just tried loading one of my cgfx shaded example scenes to see what worked and what didnt. We denote anything new as version 2 and anything old as version 1. This allows you to make changes in your scene without having to wait for the editors to update. It can be used as a batch renderer or in the viewport under the name viewport 2. They work fine in the regular default quality and high quality modes, but 2. To switch to the other renderers, you can select the legacy default viewport or legacy high quality viewport options from the renderer panel menu. Performance tests for three types of rendering mental ray, maya software and maya hardware 2. Now, you can render your scene in maya using viewport 2.
The lower ones dont make any difference in my test. To install the maya help to your computer or to a local network location, click an installers above that are marked ext include documentation for autodesk maya 2012 user guide pdf. May 10, 2011 the highperformance viewport introduced with maya 2011 now offers fullscreen effects. There are many downsides and too many missing features on the vp2. I have had about two day to play around with maya 20 and i must say it is more stable, faster, and the new nhair works like a charm. Enable display heads up display viewport renderer to see viewport 2. How is it compared to hq rendering in small scenes. Starting with advice on how to optimize your workstation in order to take advantage of the new features, keller then goes into an indepth discussion of the special viewport 2. Autodesk is headquartered in san rafael, california, and features a gallery of its customers work in its san francisco building. This can be especially useful when you have a complex scene. Crossplatform 3d animation tool autodesk maya 2015 is available for download on mac and windows today featuring better simulation of photorealistic liquids, support in viewport 2. Christoph lendenfelds viewport 2 extension onion skin for. My assumption is that maya still has in its queue to launch the preparefordraw and draw functions for all locators, but as i deleted one of them, maya is crashing.
Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Book rigger is the one click page turn solution for 3ds max. To switch to the other renderers, you can select the legacy default viewport or legacy high quality. And of course the autodesk lawyer post that follows. Christoph lendenfelds viewport 2 extension onion skin for maya. But do you loose anything with using it all the time. This video shows you how to select and manipulate objects in your scene. Ive been doing some research on using mayas viewport 2. See all the new features in maya software for 3d computer animation, modeling, and rendering. After binding your geometry to a skeleton or joint and selecting display polygons vertices, your vertices are colored. Post your tests and conclusions about maya 2012s viewport 2. Im having a major issue with textures in viewport 2. The vertex animation cache option provides more interactive scrubbing of your animation, and the thread dependency graph evaluation option provides better performance by evaluating separate characters in separate threads.
Thus, in part, this document also serves as a transition guide from the old rendering interfaces to the new. The mdgmodiferdeletenode function goes well, but maya then crashes instantaneously only in viewport 2. It can be used as a batch renderer or in the viewport under the. The described techniques allow you to view transparency, environment reflections.
Seemingly an after thought nitrous stylized effects supposedly can display nonphotorealistic effects. Keep in mind that maya has some issues with an intel gpu. It delivers viewport and sequencer enhancements, nodebased render passes, editable motion trails, and a new library of 80 substance procedural textures. Apr 09, 2011 this is a simple test with the new maya 2012 and viewport 2. The fumefx user interface is tightly integrated within maya attribute editor and combines all the major fluid simulation components making the simulation setup easy and efficient.
Click in the maya status line or in the material viewer toolbar to pause updates. How to change a maya scene files selected viewport. Photogrammetry and camera projection mapping in maya made. Upgrades associated with the migration from maya 2009 to maya 2012. Maya 2012 features a similar viewport system dubbed viewport 2. Copy to mayas buffers mquadrender deferred viewport 2. Oct 28, 2014 development in maya has been takes placed though out the times but some major upgradation comes in 2012, after introduction of the highperformance viewport 2. Version 2 was first introduced with the maya 2012 release as maya hardware 2. Jan 20, 2015 for maya versions 2014 and 2015, version 3. Composite scores that are weighted to better reflect performance of shading and texturing features most used by maya customers.
This can sometimes apply even if you have a dedicated gpu. Maya legacy default and legacy hq viewport slow viewport. As the title says, when i load scenes the particular ones im working with as of late the default and hq viewport run slow as heck. Photogrammetry and camera projection mapping in maya made easy. Furthermore, it provides much better performance for polygons and tessellation, and improves. Fumefx is a powerful fluid dynamics plugin for autodesk maya and 3ds max, designed for simulation and rendering of realistic explosions, fire, smoke and other gaseous phenomena. Fidelity of lighting and materials is also much improved in viewport 2. Development in maya has been takes placed though out the times but some major upgradation comes in 2012, after introduction of the highperformance viewport 2. Support for iray is noticeably missing in maya 2012 already available in 3ds max 2012, so maya users will have to be happy with node based render passes in hypershade as the main rendering improvement in this release.
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